7:14 PM,
Feb. 5, 2014

Residents on Meadbrook Drive in Kokomo work to cover holes in the roofs of their homes following a tornado on Nov. 17, 2013.

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Low-interest federal disaster loans will be available to citizens, businesses and some non-profit organizations in 19 counties to help them recover from damages from severe weather on Nov. 17, Gov. Mike Pence's office announced Wednesday.

Pence made the request to the U.S. Small Business Administration. The agency will establish Disaster Loan Outreach Centers in Daviess, Fountain and Howard counties, where much of the damage occurred from the tornadoes.

Low-interest loans also will be available in these surrounding counties: Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Dubois, Grant, Greene, Knox, ...